Sky has finally squeezed Channel 4's 4oD onto its catch-up service, completing the company's roster of terrestrial broadcasters.
4oD follows the BBC's iPlayer, ITV Player and Channel 5's Demand 5 onto Sky's On Demand service. From Monday, Sky subscribers will be able to find 4oD by pressing the red button from the Sky TV menu, then scrolling over to the tab called 'catch up' and selecting 4oD.
The service has taken its sweet time in arriving -- Channel 4 proudly announced that its programmes would be hitting Sky's catch-up service all the way back in September of last year. As well as recent shows, you'll get classic programmes from the Channel 4 vault, including Spaced, Father Ted, The IT Crowd and This is England '88.
Also on Sky Go
Despite being the last streaming service to limp onto Sky+ On Demand, from Monday 4oD catch-up will also be sitting pretty on Sky Go, which is Sky's streaming service for smart phones and tablets. E4 and Film4 will follow shortly, Sky says.
More programming for your money is always good, though Sky's big-screen catch-up collection can be a little tricky to use, as you have to search for programmes via broadcasters' individual channels, rather than being able to search every catch-up app at once.
As a result you need to know which channel your desired programme originally came from, and be prepared to do a little digging.
Channel 4 is also planning to bring its Film4 HD channel to Sky, after years of the hi-def channel being the exclusive preserve of Virgin Media customers.
Are you happy with Sky's on-demand offering? Do you often watch Channel 4, or are you more of a BBC bod?
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anonymous 15 March, 2013 16:01
I wish Channel 4 would ask the people who built the IPlayer to build their catch up tv app's. I am yet to find one that works properly on any platform.
Manners Mcdade 16 March, 2013 00:43
I wish Sky could be bothered to fix SkyGo so that it works on MacBooks.
Gary Wright 16 March, 2013 12:46
I think Sky's catch up service is great, it is a little clunky to use, this article is slightly incorrect, you can search all catchup services in one list on Sky, you go to the catchup screen, press blue for search and then select, it then lists every program in the TV guide from A - Z, arrow to the right and it'll list all on demand programs from all catchup services from A - Z, you can norrow your search entering the first 3 letters of the program you're looking for, this is the only way I can find previous episodes of series in Iplayer, the main Iplayer screen just show the last 7 days and don't seem to link back to previous episodes if available. Hoping the 4OD service is as good as the other offerings when it arrives on Monday.